December 16, 2014 Advent with SusieJ

Oddities

Not everything I've inherited is inspirational or a tool that led to the person I am today or a clue to my parents' and grandparents' inner lives. Some of it's just odd.

• Half a dozen curling irons;
• Enough zipper bags, foil and plastic wrap to not have bought any in five months;
• Hundreds of Benedryl in a bottle rather than some idiot blister pack;
• Two copies of Winston Churchill's six-book series on the World War II, one hardback, one paperback;
• Broken Easter decorations Mom clearly intended to glue back together that are now sitting on my kitchen counter;
• A cutting board so well-used light shines through, and a knife sharpened so often half the blade is gone;
• Two large, old bottles of red vermouth;
• A letter opener made by my grandmother's step-brother from melted copper shell casings.